Major complication after intrauterine vesico-amniotic shunting

Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2010 Sep-Dec;7(3):200-2. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.70428.

Abstract

Bilateral foetal uropathy is the leading cause of chronic renal failure in childhood. Vesico-amniotic shunting (VAS) is a simple, feasible, and widely used procedure for decompressing the foetal urinary system. We report a case of a boy with bilateral foetal uropathy who underwent VAS at a gestational age of 29 weeks. Vesico-abdominal shunt dislodgement occurred and led to urinary ascites and anhydramnios. Postpartal laparotomy showed a shunt perforation between the urinary bladder and the peritoneal cavity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amnion / surgery
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Fetal Diseases / pathology
  • Fetal Diseases / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Ultrasonography
  • Urethral Obstruction / surgery*
  • Urinary Bladder / surgery*
  • Urinary Catheterization / methods*